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(No Model.)

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FAN.

Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON SCHEUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,622. dated April 27,1886. Application filed February 24,1886. Serial No. 103,026. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON SGHEUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fans, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of fans in which the web, when the fan is closed, is con tained within the handle of the fan and it consists in certain novel details of construction hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a fan of the class referred to, showing the web withdrawn from the handle; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section of the fan shown in Fig. 1, showing the folded web within the handle; Fig. 3, a top view of the handle; Fig. 4, a side view of such sleeve; Fig. 5, a top view of an end piece or cap secured to the upper end of the fan-handle; Fig. 6, a side view of such end piece or cap; Fig. 7 a sectional View of the end piece or cap on the plane of line a: :0 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 a sectional view of the end piece or cap on the plane of line 3/ y of Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar L 0 parts.

In carrying out my invention a hollow or tubular fan-handle, a, is provided, the same being adapted to receive within itself the web I), when the latter is in a closed or folded condition. The lower end of the folded web is inserted in the top of the handle, and the side folds, c, of the same, which are preferably extended a little beyond the web proper, are fastened to a sleeve, (1, which slides upon the handle, and which is used to draw the web out of the handle, as shown in Fig. 1.

The sleeve d, which is preferably made of metal, is provided on each of two of its sides with a lip, e, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the lips being represented as unfolded in Fig. 3, while in Fig. 4 one is represented as folded and the other as unfolded.

The side folds, c, are fastened to the sleeve (1 by first placing the ends of such side folds under the lips e c, as shown, and then strongly pressing the latter down upon such ends until the sleeve used in withdrawing the web from the same are firmly and strongly secured thereby.

t the upper end of thehandle is placed an end piece or cap, Fig. 1, preferably made of metal, the same being provided with a frame, 1, and with four lips, h handz' 2', Figs. 5 and 6. The two lips it h are bentinwardly and turned down over the end of the handle, to which they are fastened by pinching or riveting, or in any other suitable manner. The two lips i i are bent outwardly, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, thus affording smooth and rounded bearingsurfaces for the side folds of the web, the object of the same being to lessen the friction and wear on such side folds. These anti-friction bearings are of utility even when the side folds, c, are made of extra thickness or strengthened by strips of leather.

The object of the end piece or cap is to ornament and protect the end of the handle, as well as to provide suitable bearing-surfaces for the side folds of the web.

If the fan is provided with a retraetile spring, J, for withdrawing the web into the handle,as shown in Fig. 2, and substantially as described in my application for a patent filed January 18, 1886, (Serial No. 188,859,) it is necessary to have a lock or catch, k, on the side of the handle to hold the sleeve (1 in a fixed position after the web has been drawn out into position for use. If a retractile spring is not used for such purpose, but simply a cord, as shown, for instance, in Letters'latent No. 258,708, granted to Gustav Brueck on the 30th day of May, 1882, it is not necessary, although preferable, to have such alock or catch for the sleeve.

In operating such a fan as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the web is drawn out of the handle by sliding the sleeve (1, to which the web is attached, as described, down the handle to the extent necessary and then locking it as shown, and substantially as set forth in my application aforesaid of January 18, 1886.

Upon unlocking the sleeve the retractile spring will draw the web back into the handle. The lower end of the fan-handle is preferably closed by a metal plate, or in any other suitable manner.

\Vhat I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.. An end piece or cap for fan-handles, the

same being formed of a frame, 9, having lips h h, by which it is adapted to be secured to the to this specificationin the presence of two subhandle, and provided with lipsi i, to serve as scribing witnesses. bearing-surfaces for the side folds of the web, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a, fan, of the handle a, the web I), and the sleeved, formed with lips e e and secured to the web, substantially as set SIMON SGHEUER,

l/Vitn esses:

RALPH SOHEUER,

forth, MAX SOHEUER In testimony whereof I have signed my name 10 

